Chapter 4: The Struggle of Admitting it
A/N YEAH I finished chapter four!!! pats self on back Thank you of course to Zako Lord of Randomnessness who has become an inspirational support for me and too Just me and myself because said person reviewed=) If you're here you've probably read my other notes so I am not going to repeat the review spiel. On to the chapter....warning emotionally unadmitting teenager talking to himself.
Arrendi
P.S. Pardon any French mistakes I didn't use a really high tech translator just the AOL one.
P.S.S i am useing [example] brackets as section breaks as the border line won't show.
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For the first time in a very extraordinarily long time Raven's face showed pure worry, not terror but worry. Demy's voice crept up and down their spines while physically getting closer and closer to them in the tower. Robin still held Katarina's unconscious form but his eyes scanned every inch of darkness and every centimeter of his friend's faces. Starfire looked as if she could faint in terror any second, Beastboy had transformed into a dog with his tail between his legs and was whimpering, and Cyborg was trying very hard not to show his fear. Raven's speeches had successfully installed pure terror at the thought of fighting this demon girl, especially without the aid of Katarina. He needed to think of something and quickly or else the Titans would be no more.
[Images of Demy flashed threw Katarina's mind and terror seeped into her from every direction. She wanted to wake up, she knew something was wrong, but she couldn't. A dark force prevented her from moving. A strong voice she knew called for her from a distance, it sounded so familiar but she couldn't name it. Demy's aura got closer and Katarina's world got darker. Everything seemed to disappear but the voice and the visions of Demy. A vision grew clearer and in it Demy killed the Titans one by one. The last one standing was Robin Katarina screamed as he fell to the floor, but something told her it wasn't real. The voice was getting louder and more urgent, as if it was trying to wake her. She tried to listen to it and things got lighter. Little by little her world turned from black to normal colors again.]
Robin had spent ten minutes calling to Katarina desperately trying to wake her up. The other Titans had split up, each with something of Katarina's to try and throw Demy off her sister's aura. It seemed to be working because Demy had stopped moving and stood on the fifth floor trying to discern which one was actually her sister. Robin tried again and again to wake Katarina his frustration showing more and more.
"Katarina wake up!" he said shaking the girl slightly. Katarina's eyes flew open.
"Where am I? Are the Titan's dead? Am I too late?" her panicked voice said before she looked at who held her aloft. Robin sighed in relief and dropped her feet. As he let go of her Katarina nearly crumpled to the ground. Robin's arms shot out and caught her before she got near the ground.
"Whoa. I didn't realize you're not strong enough to stand." said Robin still supporting her.
"I don't feel so good." whispered Katarina and promptly regurgitated upon Robins boots "Sorry." she whispered when she had finished.
"It's ok." grimaced Robin. He noticed not much had come up, only a very little bit.
"What have you eaten lately anyway?" he asked.
"Lately?" she snorted "Nothing."
Robin was about to say something when Beastboy came sprinting in as a cheetah. As he transformed into his human form the two other teens noticed burns along his stomach.
"DUDE! YOUR SISTER IS A...." Beast Boy swore loudly holding his sides. Katarina looked at him and tried to go over to him but as soon as she left Robin's arms she started to fall.
"I am so sorry Beastboy!" said Katarina unhappily "I wish I could do something but I'm just too weak."
Beastboy smiled slightly at the girl's sweetness "It's ok. Not your fault you're related to her."
"Katarina maybe you should sit down. I don't think you're strong enough to do anything and I'm useless standing her holding you."
Katarina nodded and with Robin's help sat down next to Beastboy on the couch. Beastboy took over making sure the demon girl was alright while Robin stood guard waiting for the next Titan. He knew who would be the last one in, but he didn't want to think about what Demy would do to them. Katarina was trying to cast a spell but it only made her look and feel worse. When she threw-up again Robin put a stop to it, for some reason he didn't like her pushing herself like this.
"That woman is most definitely a Glorshbag Signifac!" ranted Starfire flying in at top speed. Katarina asked if that was some sort of curse name from where Starfire came from and received the answer of yes. Starfire's long hair was slightly singed at the ends and her gloves had burns in them.
"That little chick can do some major damage!" said Cyborg coming in at a fast passed walk "She fried my circuits TWICE!!"
Katarina hung her head in shame by this time. Her sister had never done such things before. Her entire family had never cared where she was before, and now the only people to be nice to her in years were paying the consequences.
"I'm so sorry." cried Katarina "I'm sitting her in you home causing all this trouble and there's nothing I can do to help!"
Immediately Robin corrected her sternly "We told you to come here. It's not anyone's fault that your sister is here, and you're doing all you can and that's enough."
"Yeah. If I had a..." Beastboy was cut off by an elbow in the stomach from Cyborg.
"Aww! How sweet! Kat has made some friends." an icy voice cut in "This one might need to take a rest she's all worn out."
Demy tossed Raven at Katarina's feet. Katarina gasped and glared at Demy. Robin and the other three Titans however stood in between Demy and Katarina.
"How could you hurt her Mi?" whispered Katarina "She's even half demon."
"Because she causes trouble! Now if they really want to keep standing there I can kill them off one by one or you can come quietly." hissed Demy.
"She won't go with you. You're dealing with Slade and that's foul play in our book." said Robin coldly.
"No!" whimpered Katarina "I'll come."
Robin's heart dropped at the sound of the quiet, sweet voice sacrificing herself to who knows what. Katarina stood unsteadily and walk forward. Robin suddenly grabbed her arm.
"You don't have to do this." he whispered "It's not right."
"If I don't you all die." she returned sadly "And I can't let that happen."
Robin unexpectedly dropped to the floor hit by a spell from Demy. Beastboy Cyborg and Starfire lunged forward only to be hit like Robin.
"Their alive, but barely." laughed Demy at her sisters shocked face "To bad he's good. That Robin boy is almost hot by our standards; it's just the good thing that makes him updateable."
Something changed in Katarina; it was as if a wall had suddenly shattered while listening to her sister talk about good and evil. Katarina's eyes began to sparkle and her entire body vibrated with power and feelings of hatred toward her sister. Only when Demy tried to hit her with a spell did she notice the other girl was still speaking.
"Let's go small one. Your friends will be dead so there's nothing here for you."
"You should not have done that." whispered Katarina in a cold deadly voice "You really shouldn't have done that."
Demy laughed "And why not? You're powerless, you can't do anything for another forty four hours, and by that time Mother will have renewed the spell."
"La vie vous vivrez, serez lié par une malédiction. Limite au lieu de
votre naissance." called Katarina bringing her hand in and out of a cross position.
{The life you shall live shall be bound by a curse. Bound to the place of your birth.}
Demy's face went from laughter to shock in under a second. Her entire body disappeared, but not in smoke, it just disappeared. When her sister finally disappeared Katarina turned to the Titans. She checked their pulses to find that Robin's was somehow the weakest. She really didn't want to guess why; instead Katarina very quickly performed a pull spell which removed the spell from him. She proceeded to do this to all of the Titans and when she finished a ball of black energy floated neatly behind her. Exhaustion finally took her body and she collapsed next to Robin.
Robin's POV
I found Katarina passed out next to me. I can't remember anything after being hit with the spell but it felt as if all my energy just drained out of me. Something happened though because Katarina is still here and Demy is gone. Raven was the next to wake up and help me move Katarina to my room. The only thing she had to say was that Kat (as we now call her) was somehow stronger then before. BB, Cy, and Star woke up a little later all of them had massive headaches.
The Tower's pretty quiet now and that lets me concentrate on myself. Lol scary thought, me. My emotions seem out of control. Katarina though a demon, has had a most devastating effect on me. I didn't want to let go of her after she threw up on my boots. She hasn't eaten in a while; there was nothing in her stomach. She also seemed weightless. Her humorous talk while we were running from a very bad position somehow turned my heart to her. Speaking of my heart it nearly broke when she started to cry, she just sounded so...I dunno so helpless. Thank god no one reads this journal. I'm not myself in it, well I'm not Robin. In this book I'm Dick just the boy next door. No wonder I am admitting feelings for a girl I heard about three days ago and met two days ago.
Raven's POV
Robin's acting funny. As if he is mad at himself for having feelings for Katarina. I've actually started to feel rather sisterly to the girl as well even though she has not woken since yesterday when her sister was here. I don't understand Robin's actions though. He's avoiding watching her, sleeping three floors down from her, and has started to mutter about her and why she isn't good for him. Beastboy and Starfire are too shallow to notice it, but I think Cyborg is concerned as well. That's enough. Robin has just cut himself with a vegetable peeler because he cursed so vehemently about himself. I'd better talk to him before he loses it like he did with Slade. I can bottle emotions it's what I do, but when Robin does it's almost suicidal.
Normal POV
"Robin may I speak with you?" came Ravens haunting voice. Robin sighed he knew what it was about; Katarina. His emotions had gotten the better of him and he found himself thinking more and more about her which annoyed him because he knew he needed to work on getting the disk from the Cristo's or from Slade. He'd started to curse himself every time he thought about her earning strange looks from Cyborg and Raven. Robin gave a curt nod to Raven who in turn asked Cyborg to come as well. The three Titans reached the roof where Raven began the small meeting.
"I think Robin there are some things you need to talk to us about." she said in her typical non-emotional voice.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Robin answered gravely. He knew it wouldn't hold against his two friends but he wanted to try.
"Bullshit Robin." said Cyborg simply "You've been acting like this for two days. Now you've taken to cussing yourself out. I don't know for sure but I'd say you're hiding feelings for Kat."
"I am not hiding feelings for Katarina Cristo." Robin growled.
"You are to." said Raven "And don't try to come up with some case that you aren't I can feel it."
Robin looked from Raven to Cyborg and back to Raven. He sighed and gave in.
"Your right. I am thinking about her more and more and it's beginning to interfere with my research. I ... I just don't know how to deal with it. Batman taught me not to feel and she is forcing me too."
"Congratulations man. For the first time you actually admitted to liking a girl." cheered Cyborg "The rest of us have been dating for years...well except for Rae, but that was with good reason. Now you get to join in the fun."
"Don't jump ahead Cyborg." muttered Raven "We need to find out whether or not Katarina is going to need to control her emotions before Robin can just start dating her."
"Raven's right, I shouldn't do anything rash." Robin agreed hoping that by the time Kat actually woke up the others would have forgotten about it and he would not have to confess his feelings to the demon girl.
"But you should be the one that is there when she wakes up. I believe she is most comfortable with you. The rest of us are really rather strange to her, we're acquaintances not friends. You two could be considered friends, and also that will give you time to tell her how you feel." finished Raven killing Robin's hopes.
"You're right." Robin said rather unhappily "I should and I will."
